Meaning & use
squirrely
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Nervous, evasive, or unpredictable in behavior, in a way that suggests something is being hidden.
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The witness grew squirrely whenever the detective asked about that night.
His squirrely answers made the interviewer suspect he wasn't telling the whole truth.
A note on using this word
Informal in tone, used mainly in spoken or casual writing to describe someone acting suspiciously or restlessly, evoking the darting movements of a squirrel.
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